Interactive oral examinations
From Higher Ed Heroes by Seb Kaempf and Al Stark
April 27, 2026 · 30 min · Season 6 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode discusses the use of interactive oral examinations for assessing student learning with insights from experts at the University of Sydney.
Together with our guests, Dr Clara Sitbon and Dr Benjamin Miller (both from the University of Sydney), we talk about assessing students through interactive oral examinations. Teaching class sizes from 20 to 900 students, Clara and Benjamin share how they are using oral examinations as a means to understand, see, and assess the learning that sits behind the students’ work.
People in this episode
Hosts: Seb Kaempf, Al Stark
Guests: Dr Clara Sitbon, Dr Benjamin Miller
Topics covered
- interactive oral examinations
- student assessment
- higher education
- teaching methods
- learning evaluation
Keywords
- oral examinations
- student assessment
- higher education
- interactive learning
- teaching strategies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Sydney
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